Finance

Singapore's private home price index took 14 years to regain its peak

A maximum drawdown is the largest fall from a running peak, as a percentage of that peak. We measured it on URA's private home index and HDB's resale index from data.gov.sg, and found the answer moves with the sub-index and with how often the series is read.

4 Nov 2026 · 6 min read

Finance

Duration's straight line misses most on Singapore's longest bonds

Bond duration estimates how far a price moves when yields change, as if the price followed a straight line. Measured on Singapore Government bonds and MAS's own auction prices, that estimate drifts furthest from the exact figure on the longest bonds.

3 Nov 2026 · 6 min read

Finance

DuPont analysis finds two routes to nearly the same return on equity

DuPont analysis breaks return on equity into margin, turnover and an equity multiplier. Run on Singapore and Malaysian filings, it shows how one year's close results can rest on very different ratios, and why a calculated figure can miss the annual report.

3 Nov 2026 · 6 min read

ASEAN Tech

A Korean passport says LEE where the letter table says I

South Korea's passport rule spells a name syllable by syllable from an official letter table, but that table's notice leaves surnames to be set separately. The foreign ministry's search and its holder figures for 31 October 2024 show what happens to LEE, YI and I in that gap.

2 Nov 2026 · 6 min read

ASEAN Tech

Fake Bank Files on WhatsApp Install a Real IT Admin Tool for Attackers, Singapore and Malaysia Warn

MyCERT traced disguised disk images that plant a signed ManageEngine agent; CSA says the files are spreading in Singapore through hijacked WhatsApp accounts.

31 Oct 2026 · 6 min read

ASEAN Tech

Indonesia's Health Insurer Gets 2 Million Claims a Day. It Wants Medical Records to Flag Fraud

BPJS Kesehatan's IT chief says many hospitals keep electronic files yet still send PDFs. A July circular already asks them to link records to the national SATUSEHAT platform.

26 Oct 2026 · 6 min read

ASEAN Tech

Alliance Medinet Breach Compromises Personal Data of About 110,000 Members, Parent Company Says

Names, ID numbers and contact details were taken from a Singapore benefits administrator's membership database. Income Insurance and HSBC Life confirm customers are affected.

25 Oct 2026 · 6 min read

ASEAN Tech

Malaysia Bars Civil Servants From Using Waze on Official Duty and Does Not Rule Out a Wider Ban

A Chief Secretary's letter of 20 October cites Israeli jurisdiction over user data. Waze calls the claims false; Anwar says a full ban could follow.

23 Oct 2026 · 7 min read

ASEAN Tech

Singapore Asks ASEAN Ministers to Back Anti-Scam Code for Online Platforms at Manila Crime Meeting

At the 20th AMMTC in the Philippines, Goh Pei Ming pitched baseline platform safeguards and a cross-border asset-recovery guide. The meeting's joint statement is still to come.

21 Oct 2026 · 5 min read

ASEAN Tech

Ledger Says Criminals Hid Seed-Stealing Implants in Wallets Sold Through Southeast Asian Resellers

Sales are paused in seven markets while Ledger investigates. It links every confirmed loss to one Malaysia-based reseller, and scammers are already exploiting the scare.

19 Oct 2026 · 6 min read